Hi Mike,It’s looking really good.I look forward to get to this, but first I have a binding lever to do, hope tomorrow… (Had a migrene / pain day, so I had to stay in my bed and ride it over).I have all ready though so I will be fast on the run.Best thoughts my dear Mike,Mads

Thanks guys. We are making progress. I think the most difficult part of this project will be getting the dowels between the stave’s aligned properly, that and the bindings I guess.

I wonder what the guys who made these buckets 1,000 years ago would think if they could see us doing this project. They would probably think we were nuts considering all the power tools most of us are surrounded with.

I have to admit that I felt a little silly explaining the angle thing and a lot of other stuff too to woodworkers pf your caliber, but I don’t want to leave anything out in case someone relatively new to woodworking wants to have a go.

you were fast with this one Mike :-)I just think they wuold go beserk and punch out projects like it was santa´s shop :-)and Ithinkthey proppebly used an adze and drawknife instead of plane´s back then

Thanks for the link Dennis. I really enjoyed that episode. I bookmarked it too so I can see more later. I think the woodworker/blacksmith guy was really talented and knowledgeable. It’s wonderful that they are teaching people in developing nations how to make their own tools and how to use them too. I would love to learn about metal working, but I’m sure I would burn the house down if I were to try it.

uhhh then you better stay out of that trade we still need your small goodies coming out of your shop… :-)

yes he is talented :)I didn´t know of the chest either before I stumpled over the vidioclipI will see if I can find out witch Museum the original chest is on here in Denmarkit can bedifficult since they sometimes wont tell people what they know just like cardplayers hold the card tight to the body ,silly since it is people whopay them and have the right to see the treassures

Dennis I know what you mean about the museum thing. Like everything else it’s all about money. I can understand that, but it would at least be nice to know what they have on display.

Dave I do admire people who are willing to have a go, and your grandfather sounds like one of those people. Your comment about levels reminds me of my wife’s uncle. He is retired now, but he was the best best house builder in our district (and probably a lot of other districts) Off and on he had his young son Jan Magne with him at the various work sites. Jan Magne would annoy his dad by going around and checking everything with a level.

Another housebuilding story concerns my wife’s home which was built in 1952. It was a time of much housebuilding in Norway not so long after the war and it was hard to get builders (her uncle was only 16 at the time). So they had to get some barn builders instead. They used axes instead of planes, etc. to fit windows, doors, etc. Not much fine carpentry there, but the house was nice in the end and it’s still in good shape!

Interesting stories Mike. We were in Misiouri visiting my wife’s relatives. Driving along a road we saw a sign about the Levi Snelson cabin!! That was her gg or ggg grandfather. We stopped to see it. His cabin was used for the first courthouse in what would become the state of Missouri. It was near the Trail of Tears the Cherokees marched to Indian Territory. Many of the Indians still will not use $20 bills because of Jackson’s picture on them. One of his family was killed by Indians, so he was a bit harsh, I guess.

Anyways, back to business; the instructions are well written. I have a minor migraine going and only had to read it a couple times, so yoiu know it is easy to understand!! :-))

Hi Steve. I have done my long stave’s a couple of inches longer than the short ones. I doubt there is a rule for this though. I think you should just use a length that gives you the look you want. I’m pretty sure that’s what they did in the past. The drawing of the bucket from the earlier blogs will give you an idea what the author of my book on this subject preferred. It seems you are making good progress now. It will a little time before I come with the next blog as I have been very busy with everything but woodworking this past week.